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Krishna N Das

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India wants private sector to explore for diamonds, gold
Rediff.com20 Jun 2016

Government will start to auction the rights to up to 70 diamond and gold exploration...

Modi's promise of electricity for all to face big hurdles
Rediff.com3 May 2016

Labour unions, with a history of hostility towards management, are pushing back on Coal...

India to monitor mines via satellite after finding illegal limestone extraction
Rediff.com2 May 2016

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the south, and Rajasthan and Gujarat in the west, are...

After 40 years, India set to re-open commercial coal mining to private firms
Rediff.com8 Jan 2016

India plans to double coal production by 2020

Indian ministries at odds over gold import duty
Rediff.com3 Nov 2015

India will also launch a sovereign gold bond to lower physical demand.

Drought dents India gold demand; prices still appealing
Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

Nearly two-thirds of India's gold demand comes from rural areas where jewellery is a...

Nestle India targets growth in other businesses after Maggi scare
Rediff.com1 Aug 2015

Nestle India Ltd will focus on growing its dairy, coffee and confectionary businesses,...

Coal turnaround to ease power cuts this summer
Rediff.com16 Apr 2015

India is expected to cut imports by a fifth in the fiscal year.

Goa says decks clear for iron ore mining to resume
Rediff.com16 Jan 2015

India was once the world's third largest iron ore exporter and Goa its biggest...

China desperate to dethrone India from top slot in diamond polish
Rediff.com26 Dec 2014

India's long-held position as the world's top diamond polisher is being challenged by...

China desperate to dethrone India from top slot in diamond polish
Rediff.com26 Dec 2014

Coal India trade unions call off strike
Rediff.com23 Nov 2014

Zama, however, said the unions would keep resisting any move that could undermine the...

Big plans to end India's coal shortage
Rediff.com20 Nov 2014

India will allow locally registered foreign firms to mine and sell coal when commercial...

Modi's 'Make in India' push to depend on Chinese steel
Rediff.com10 Nov 2014

India's steel imports from China, the world's biggest producer of the alloy, doubled in...

Coal India rushes to supply power plants with critically low stocks
Rediff.com4 Sep 2014

The company has also advised power firms to use trucks to carry coal from remote mines,...

Power plants running out of coal, imports to surge
Rediff.com8 Jul 2014

State behemoth Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, has failed to raise its...

India reintroduces onion export price to help curb inflation
Rediff.com18 Jun 2014

India on Tuesday set a minimum export price for onions of $300 per tonne to discourage...

Modi mulls breakup of Coal India, opening up sector
Rediff.com21 May 2014

The PM-elect wants to fix the coal sector; cut coal imports by boosting output.

Environment nod to lift cost of Posco's India plant to $12.6 bn
Rediff.com10 Jan 2014

Environment ministry has given its go-ahead to POSCO's planned steel plant in the...